We're heading out for Alumafandango pretty soon (maybe this weekend) and so far I've got a rough plan for our route to Denver. We plan to take a fastish route to get to Colorado so we can spend a few days in and around Silverton and Ouray (and the Million…
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We left my aunt Zelma's in Florence early this afternoon and decided to stop at the Sea Lion Caves. It's only a few miles north of Florence on the Oregon Coast, and I hadn't been since I was a kid. My mom decided she wanted to come along too so…
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My great aunt Zelma's 100th birthday party was a wonderful success. So many people, so much love, great food and a gorgeous cake (well, two cakes) and she said she enjoyed every minute of it. This is Zelma's portrait that we made a month or so ago, when she was…
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This weekend we're in Florence for my Aunt Zelma's 100th birthday party. We left Portland and it was 102 degrees. We got to Newport and it was 59 degrees. It was sunny and gorgeous, but there was also this thick, fast-moving low bank of fog hugging the coast that was…
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Okay so maybe I'm late to the party, but whatever, I'm here now! This is a fantastic site, and sounds like it's going to be growing more fantastic-er in the very near future. They've got 600 campgrounds (with all sites photographed) and will add another 100+ this year (mostly in Northwest,…
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Last night we had Leigh and Brian over to our HOUSE for dinner. (We're home for a bit, and they're in Portland this week.) I made some watermelon gazpacho for our first course and Leigh asked if I'd post the recipe as a comment to her nice blog post this…
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This afternoon we went to check out the Woodinville Whiskey Co. for a tour and a tasting with Tiffani and Deke. Cool place, good tour (quick, informative), and we came home with a bottle of bourbon whiskey and a bottle of their Peabody Jones vodka (butterscotch! vanilla! so good!). Still…
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Yesterday we left Fort Casey State Park and headed over to South Whidbey Island State Park to (1) dump our tanks (Fort Casey has no dump station) and (2) have lunch and do a little work while parked in the day use area. We took a detour through the (full)…
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Late this afternoon (after we finished a TON of work) we headed north to check out Deception Pass State Park. Again today, the weather was perfect. This is a lovely state park. Campsites are wooded and large. There's a lake (Cranberry Lake, good for kayaking and fishing, no motorized boats…
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I'm cooking our salmon tonight in parchment bags (en papillote). This is one of my favorite (and one of the easiest) ways to cook fish. You can wrap and tie sheet parchment, but I like to find these little pre-made parchment bags…so easy for Airstream cooking. Here's a view inside…
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